Media reactions
You can filter the media reactions by subject and/or by date.
Food shortages and funding gap push extra 700,000 people to verge of starvation in Ethiopia
Another poor rainy season, the third in a row, has plunged 700,000 more people into crippling hunger and on the verge of starvation in the Somali region of southern Ethiopia.
Victory in Tunisia: new law says "Enough" to violence against women and girls
The Tunisian Parliament has adopted a new law for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence. In response, Soufia Galand, Oxfam Country Office Tunisia Gender Justice Officer, said: “The revolution is still alive and it has added a feminist milestone to its path!"
Macron’s hotspot plan for Libya won’t protect people
France is unlikely to be able to guarantee safety and human rights for asylum seekers in Libya, Oxfam said in reaction to French plans to set up a processing centre in Libya for asylum seekers in the North-African country.
Judicial decision on UK arms to Saudi Arabia sets back arms control 25 years
A British High Court decision that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia can continue gives ministers free reign to sell arms to countries even where there is clear evidence they are breaching international humanitarian law.
Mosul residents continue to face severe risks despite end of military offensive
As Mosul rebuilds, all its residents must enjoy the same rights and opportunities – whatever their gender, religion, or ethnic or tribal affiliation.
The poor an afterthought at the Hamburg G20
"The needs of the poorest were an afterthought. Despite the anger of many on the streets at the growing divide between the rich and poor, the G20 could only muster a tepid set of policies to tackle poverty and inequality," said Steve Price-Thomas, Oxfam’s director of advocacy and campaigns.
Delay to European Robin Hood Tax deal condemned by Oxfam
Oxfam condemns today’s decision by EU Finance Ministers to delay talks on a European Financial Transaction tax (FTT) until December.
European investors drop support of controversial Honduran dam
FMO and FinnFund, two of the biggest funders of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project in Honduras, today announced their exit from the venture. This comes more than a year after the murder of the Indigenous rights defender Berta Caceres and a subsequent campaign by Oxfam and allies pushing them to drop the project.
Tax transparency on the way despite MEPs’ still bowing to big business
04 July 2017
The European Parliament has voted in favor of new tax transparency rules, but have allowed large companies to get away with a tax secrecy clause.
Oxfam disputes opaque OECD failing just one tax haven on transparency
According to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, just one country fails to comply with international transparency standards, which Oxfam strongly disputes.
Join Oxfam International on social media: